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geekhack Community => Keyboards => Topic started by: Viett on Wed, 10 June 2009, 19:43:09

Title: Fast Finger Keyboard - #5 Dumbest Tech Product
Post by: Viett on Wed, 10 June 2009, 19:43:09

http://www.pcworld.com/article/165546-7/the_10_dumbest_tech_products_so_far.html

(http://images.pcworld.com/news/graphics/165546-165546-red_keyboard_closeup_slide_slide.jpg)

PC World named the Fast Finger Keyboard (http://www.fastfingerkeyboards.com/) the fifth dumbest tech product. It appears to be a Scissor-Switch board in the ABC layout. You can restore the QWERTY layout by pressing the "ABC" button, but it also changes your function keys to idiotic acronyms like "BRB" and "CYA."

I'm fairly certain PC World got this one right.

Title: Fast Finger Keyboard - #5 Dumbest Tech Product
Post by: pmyshkin on Wed, 10 June 2009, 21:21:46

What doesn't make sense is that if you're going to program a key to type out brb, why not just make it type "be right back"?

I wonder if they have a lol key that repeats as an ol key. Then you can just mash it down and see that lol grow.

Title: Fast Finger Keyboard - #5 Dumbest Tech Product
Post by: chimera15 on Wed, 10 June 2009, 23:59:07

At least it makes the function keys do something somewhat worthwhile. roflol  BTW It's got a standard or qwerty layout too?  How much does it cost?  I need to get one ASAP.  CYA. hehe

Title: Fast Finger Keyboard - #5 Dumbest Tech Product
Post by: chimera15 on Thu, 11 June 2009, 00:01:09

It's only $22, not bad.  Especially considering I've never seen a standard/qwerty switchable keyboard before...

Title: Fast Finger Keyboard - #5 Dumbest Tech Product
Post by: watduzhkstand4 on Thu, 11 June 2009, 00:05:27

wow seriously? It takes me longer to reach for the keys than actually typing it lol.

Title: Fast Finger Keyboard - #5 Dumbest Tech Product
Post by: sixty on Thu, 11 June 2009, 03:10:17

This is horrible.

Title: Fast Finger Keyboard - #5 Dumbest Tech Product
Post by: ch_123 on Thu, 11 June 2009, 05:44:56

I often maintain that the alphabet should be rearranged in QWERTY order, the current one is far too arbitrary :p

Title: Fast Finger Keyboard - #5 Dumbest Tech Product
Post by: chimera15 on Thu, 11 June 2009, 05:55:43

Quote from: ch_123;95389

I often maintain that the alphabet should be rearranged in QWERTY order, the current one is far too arbitrary :p

lol The QWE's? lol

Title: Fast Finger Keyboard - #5 Dumbest Tech Product
Post by: ricercar on Thu, 11 June 2009, 11:28:38

Quote from: ch_123;95389

I often maintain that the alphabet should be rearranged in QWERTY order, the current one is far too arbitrary :p

It always comes down to "who decides?" I mean really, who got to decide what Alphabetical order means?

Title: Fast Finger Keyboard - #5 Dumbest Tech Product
Post by: Viett on Fri, 24 July 2009, 14:21:29

Featured again by Gizmodo (http://gizmodo.com/5321704/hunt-and-peck-keyboard-thinks-its-helping-but-it-really-isnt).

This keyboard sure is getting a whole lot of attention. I wonder if the designers even took it seriously.

Title: Fast Finger Keyboard - #5 Dumbest Tech Product
Post by: Mr.6502 on Sat, 25 July 2009, 10:55:02

I think their goal was to make a product so bizarre that all its marketing could be the achieved through articles pointing out how bizarre it is.

A solid plan.